Born in Akron, Ohio (home of Lebron James), new Hip-Hop artist/entrepreneur Freeze has exactly what the industry needs. His strong flow and distinct voice makes him stand out among the up-and-coming artists in the game today.
As a child, Freeze fell in love with Hip-Hop while hanging around his uncles, who would play artists such as KRS One, Run DMC, NWA and many others and write short raps for him to recite for their friends. "My uncles would spin on boxes and play all the new songs that were hot at the time. My mom would not let me listen to rap so it was kind of like my forbidden fruit" says Freeze.
He also had a talent for art that would eventually get him into college and catapult him to start one of the most popular boutique design firms in Columbus, OH named MilkCrate Concepts. Later, Freeze started his own graphic design company, Phreeze Vision. "I always wanted to do my own CD covers like Pen and Pixel back in the 90's," he said. Freeze has done artwork for other artists like Keith Murray, Squad Up, and many local artists.
While in art school here in Columbus, Freeze would enter freestyle battles, open for national acts, and take trips back home to Akron to work with underground rap artist Ampichino. They recorded and got national distribution for two albums. The first album, Stock Xchange was released in October 2006 under Koch Distribution. The second album City Of Gz, was released under City Hall Distribution in early 2007, and was loosely based on the movie "City of Gods"."The underworld in Akron is off the chain! City of Gz was just a report of how it goes down in the streets". In between those albums Freeze released the Salute, mixtape and sold close to 10,000 CDs out the trunk with his street team.
This year Freeze is on his grind with his new street single Chopped Off featuring G-Unit's clean-up man Young Buck. "Working with Buck was amazing because he brought The Outlaws and C-Bo to the studio when we recorded the song. I already knew C-Bo through Ampichino so it was like family" says Freeze. His new album Freon, promises to be a gem for the world. It features Freeze at his best along with cameos from Freeway, Bizzy Bone, Yukmouth and Freeze's group The Bagotta Gang. Freeze is also featured on the last song on Yukmouth's latest release, The Million Dollar Mouthpiece along side Tech 9ine and others.
"God has been blessing me in my career. I have worked with a lot of my favorite artists and put together a classic album with virtually no deal. The next step is to find a situation that can take me to the next level so the masses can enjoy my work" -Freeze